Does mother's milk have the same laws as cow's milk? May one
drink it with meat?

Dear Marvin,

Your question reminds me of an incident that happened in my neighborhood
a few years ago. A pious Jew lives in the Geula section of Jerusalem
who is known for holistic remedies. One of his well-known treatments
for inducing labor is to drink a certain amount of mother's milk.

Well, it so happened that the wife of one of my neighbors was
overdue, and doctors suggested that she be induced. Before having
the doctors induce her she called up the wife of the pious Jew
from Geula and asked her what she should do. Naturally, the wife
told her to drink mother's milk.

My neighbor hung up, thought for a moment and then called back
-- "Will it affect the remedy if I mix in some chocolate
powder?"

They say that if you see the wife of that pious man today, she's
still smiling -- "Only an American could ask such a question!"

Now on to your question. The Talmud teaches that the prohibition
against mixing meat and milk applies only to the meat and milk
of a kosher species of animal. Therefore, mother's milk is "pareve"
(neither dairy nor meaty).

Nevertheless, the Shulchan Aruch rules that it is forbidden to
cook meat with mother's milk because it looks like you are cooking
with cow's milk ("Marit Ayin -- it "looks" bad).
This prohibition is of Rabbinic origin. It was enacted because
people might make a mistake and assume that you used cow's milk in your recipe.

Rav Moshe Isserlis states that if you use almond milk together
with meat, which is not Biblically forbidden, you must place some
almonds nearby so that people will know that it is in fact almond
milk. Again the concern is about "Marit Ayin". Following
this line of reasoning, many halachic authorities require that
when using a non-dairy creamer at a meat meal, one should also
display the container of the creamer so that everyone can see
that it is in fact non-dairy.